Gunnison Valley News | 1927-03-03 | Page 2 | Nation must have Better Parents before it can have Better Children

. Nation Must Have Better Parents Before It Can Have Better Children By L. A. PECHSTEIN, Dean of University of Cincinnati. We shall have bettor children when we are better parents. Hum at nature changes not and all education is as water passing through a sieve so far as nature's biological mandate is concerned. ' The tangible things of our evolving civilization, such as industry, custom, literature, law, home, invention, et al, change, and in adjusting to these, youth seems different. Society's major institutions for shaping character have been first, the home, second, that of work. Formerly tied together, now hopelessly separated a void is created which literally cannot be filled. ! If a 'home is always a place where the companions of one's children ' are welcome; if it exists for their wholesome enjoyment; if parents can enter into the group sports and activities with a pleasure belying their years; if they seek ways of keeping their childien unsophisticated as long l as possible so that all the thrills of life may not become exhausted while I the juvenile still exists, then energies, which will out, become directed into "channels worthy of approval.